Email Violating Personalities

However, there are some ways to fail in smaller ways on a daily basis:

General etiquette violators

bcc: everyone – There are times when bcc: is desirable, e.g., when sending out a broadcast email to a large group to limit the damage of those who are too quick with “Reply to All” button. In this case, however, a person is conducting a business transaction of some sort and not revealing who else is “in the know”. Results in a lot of, “I don’t know if you’ve seen this or not,” email forwards.

Thread trimmer – selectively deletes one or two people periodically from a large email chain, confusing every participant on the list.

Reply to All abuser – distinguished from the casual Reply to All user by the use of the button in replying to department-wide email distributions.

Subtle Humor User – keeps you guessing on whether the person is joking.